"NASA's Week in Space: Solar Eclipse, Engine Test, Exoplanet Clouds"

NASA provided coverage of the "Ring of Fire" annular solar eclipse and launched sounding rockets to study its atmospheric effects. The next total solar eclipse will occur on April 8, 2024. NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara is participating in the CIPHER study to understand the effects of long-duration spaceflights on the human body. Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center began a new test series with an RS-25 engine to support future Artemis missions. Additionally, researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detected quartz nanocrystals in the clouds of the exoplanet WASP-17 b, marking the first time silica particles have been observed in an exoplanet atmosphere.